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Job Description

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To perform the role of Junior Metallurgist within the Minerals Processing division, although duties may be required within other departments of the Metallurgy division. The responsibilities and authorities of the Junior Metallurgist in the Minerals Processing division, in relation to requirements of managerial, technical and key support personnel, are outlined in this document.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Junior Metallurgist shall adhere to the following:

• Take control over data processing, including reporting of the testwork according to company guidelines.  Report writing must be at a high standard and care must be given to use correct and appropriate grammar.
• Take responsibility for the monitoring of consumables and all expenses and coordinating this information with the divisional manager.
• Evaluate and interpret results of conducted test-work and assist with troubleshooting.
• Manage, train and direct subordinates in all matters related to quality, testwork methodology, safety and time management.
• Assist with the processing of data on projects dedicated to him/her.
• Liaise with Clients regularly and in a professional manner.
• Design and cost metallurgical test-work programs to achieve Client objectives.
• Participate in project decision making during the testwork program.
• Assist with monthly invoicing for testwork completed.
• Ensure that work is scheduled and carried out in a timely manner, and relevant quality benchmarks are maintained.
• Meet company targets with respect to turnover and quality.
• Take responsibility for the effective and appropriate use of equipment and facilities, thereby always maintain good housekeeping.
• Assist with the development, documentation and maintenance of methods and competence modules.
• Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager.
• Be fully able to conduct cyanidation and diagnostic testwork.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES

• Manage production and operations safely.
• Understand the requirements of the SGS Quality Management System.
• Adhere to all Health and Safety regulations.
• Cease the use of any equipment that may be deemed to constitute a safety hazard or cease to enter hazardous environments without the necessary knowledge and protection. Report such situations to higher authorities to act.
• Cease to carry on with work that may affect the quality or integrity of services and report the situation to a higher authority to act.
• Initiate a formal improvement request when a deviation of the system occurs, possible improvements are identified or when nonconformity is identified.
• Remember that any person has the right to refuse to perform work that may damage the environment in an imminent and serious way and to report such a situation to a higher authority.

Qualifications

Education

• Matric Certificate with Diploma and or B.Sc. / B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering or Metallurgy. Experience may be taken into consideration if the candidate does not have a tertiary degree.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years in the relevant field.

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Job Description

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To perform the role of Senior Operator within the Gold & Biometallurgy division, although duties may be required within other departments of the Metallurgy division.
• The responsibilities and authorities of the Senior Operator in the Gold and Biometallurgy division, in relation to requirements of managerial, technical and key support personnel, are outlined in this document.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Operator shall adhere to the following:

• Perform routine and non-routine tests following established procedures and/or modify procedures to accomplish the assigned tasks.
• Complete tasks within the allocated time and plan work for operators to ensure that the overall service goals of the company are met.
• Responsible for reporting any infringements or non–compliances by any other laboratory staff member with respect to allocated work, punctuality, or any other misdemeanor to the metallurgist.
• Must be able to interpret and perform calculations on testwork including calculating the use of reagents.
• Must be able to set up and conduct test-work independently.
• Must be able to calculate reagent dosages for gold tests based on sample mass and volume.
• Must be able to carry out all associated sample preparation test-work.
• Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
• Perform any other reasonable task as assigned by direct line manager.
• Assist in conducting cyanidation and diagnostic testwork.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES

• Manage production and operations safely.
• Understand the requirements of the SGS Quality Management System.
• Adhere to all Health and Safety regulations.
• Cease the use of any equipment that may be deemed to constitute a safety hazard or cease to enter hazardous environments without the necessary knowledge and protection. Report such situations to higher authorities to take action.
• Cease to carry on with work that may affect the quality or integrity of services and report the situation to a higher authority to take action.
• Initiate a formal improvement request when a deviation of the system occurs, possible improvements are identified or when nonconformity is identified.
• Remember that any person has the right to refuse to perform work that may damage the environment in an imminent and serious way and to report such a situation to a higher authority.

Qualifications

Education

• Matric (Senior Certificate). A higher education will be to the candidate’s advantage.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years in the relevant field.

Competencies

• Good mathematical skills.
• Good people skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Drive the work to completion (working fast and accurate).
• Have a sense of urgency i.e. to have good planning skills and to be pro-active.
• Be willing to learn more and be relentless in your pursuit of improvement.
• Be able to multi-task i.e. run severable projects in parallel.
• Be available for extended shifts when needed.

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Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

• Ensure all supplier invoices are captured daily.
• Accounts are kept clean and paid up to date.
• Xerox/RT rejections are checked daily and followed up with BPAs to amend and fix errors.
• Ageing kept clean and notes are given on problem accounts to Team Lead.
• Provide accruals to team lead at month end before closing.

Specific Responsibilities

• Receive supplier invoices and statements.
• Extract invoices from za. payables folder daily.
• Compile month end statements and upload in share point folder.
• Check monthly statements that all invoices are received and captured.
• Deal with queries from business and Kenya Team.
• Help the Kenya Team clear the Cash Management report before month end.
• HR and BBBEE payments are to be prioritized.
• Before month end compile payment list from ageing, submit to hub for payment.
• Address all month end queries from the divisions.
• Will be working in iProc / RT Capture System
• Ad hoc assignments
• Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager
• Non-PO invoices must be sent to business to sign off approval and Cost Centre locations must be specified by business.
• Invoices from suppliers must have purchase order reference and be sent directly to Finance – inform suppliers that payments will not be made if this is not followed.
• Ensure that all company details are correct on invoice before submitted invoice on RT system and Xerox.

Qualifications

Education

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Financial Management / Administrative qualification will be an advantage and/or proven years of account payable functions, knowledge, skills and experience sufficient to be recognized as a qualification through – Recognition of Prior Learning
• Proficient on MS Office, especially with MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel programs

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an Accounts Payable function
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a variety of personalities
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Superb organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and handle several issues simultaneously
• Ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude when dealing with escalated issues

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Job Description

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To perform the role of senior operator within the Minerals Processing division with an emphasis on flotation. The responsibilities and authorities of the senior operator in the Minerals Processing / Flotation division in relation to post requirements are outlined below.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform routine and non-routine tests following established procedures and or modify procedures to accomplish the assigned tasks.
• Complete tasks within the allocated time and plan work for operators to ensure that the overall service goals of the company are met\
• Responsible for reporting any infringements or non–compliances by any other laboratory staff member with respect to allocated work, punctuality, or any other misdemeanor to the metallurgist.
• Must be able to interpret and calculate flotation data and associated reagents.
• Must be able to set up and conduct flotation test-work independently.
• Must be able to carry out locked-cycle flotation tests.
• Must be able to calculate reagent dosages for flotation tests based on sample mass and volume.
• Must be able to carry out all associated sample preparation test-work and mineral processing test-work either upstream or downstream of the flotation test-work.
• Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
• Perform any other reasonable task as assigned by direct line manager.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES

• Cease the use of any equipment that may be deemed to constitute a safety hazard or enter hazardous environments without the necessary knowledge and protection and report the situation to higher authority to take action.
• Cease to carry on with work that may affect the quality (integrity) of services and report the situation to higher authority to take action.
• Initiate a formal improvement request when a deviation of the system occurs, possible improvements are identified or when nonconformity is identified.
• Any person has the right to refuse to perform work that may damage the environment in an imminent and serious way and to report such a situation.

Qualifications

Education

• Senior certificate (Matric).

Experience

• Minimum of 5 to 10 years’ experience in the field of minerals processing and flotation.

Competencies

• Able to follow written instructions to the finest detail.

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Job Description

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To perform the role of Metallurgist within the Gold & Biometallurgy division, although duties may be required within other departments of the Metallurgy division. The responsibilities and authorities of the Metallurgist in the Gold and Biometallurgy division, in relation to requirements of managerial, technical and key support personnel, are outlined in this document.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The metallurgist shall adhere to the following:

• Take control over data processing, including reporting of the testwork according to company guidelines.  Report writing must be at a high standard (grammatically correct).
• Take responsibility for the monitoring of consumables and all expenses and coordinating this information with the divisional manager.
• Evaluate and interpret results of conducted testwork and also assist with troubleshooting.
• Manage, train and direct subordinates in all matters related to quality, testwork methodology, safety and time management.
• Liaise with Clients regularly and in a professional manner.
• Design and cost metallurgical testwork programs to achieve Client objectives.
• Participate in project decision making during the testwork program.
• Assist with monthly invoicing for testwork completed.
• Setting up and running bacterial leaching projects.
• Assist with planning, commissioning of bacterial leaching pilot plants and continuous running of pilot plants.
• Assist with the processing of all the products from a continuous bacterial leaching pilot plant campaign, including settling, neutralization and cyanidation testwork.
• Ensure that work is scheduled and carried out in a timely manner, and relevant quality benchmarks are maintained.
• Meet company targets with respect to turnover and quality.
• Take responsibility for the effective and appropriate use of equipment and facilities, thereby always maintain good housekeeping.
• Assist with the development, documentation and maintenance of methods and competence modules.
• Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES

• Manage production and operations safely.
• Understand the requirements of the SGS Quality Management System.
• Adhere to all Health and Safety regulations.
• Cease the use of any equipment that may be deemed to constitute a safety hazard or cease to enter hazardous environments without the necessary knowledge and protection. Report such situations to higher authorities to take action.
• Cease to carry on with work that may affect the quality or integrity of services and report the situation to a higher authority to take action.
• Initiate a formal improvement request when a deviation of the system occurs, possible improvements are identified or when nonconformity is identified.
• Remember that any person has the right to refuse to perform work that may damage the environment in an imminent and serious way and to report such a situation to a higher authority.

Education

• B.Sc. or B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering or Metallurgy.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years in the relevant field.

Competencies

• Good mathematical skills. Be proficient in the use of Excel.
• Good people skills.
• Good communication skills (conduct and write e-mails, proposals and reports professionally).
• Drive projects to completion (working fast and accurate).
• Have a sense of urgency i.e. to have good planning skills and to be pro-active.
• Be willing to learn more and be relentless in your pursuit of improvement.
• Be able to multi-task i.e. run severable projects in parallel.